All due respect to the fine participants in Saturday’s Spectacle Island hot dog eating contest, but really, this (via the Boston Globe) is what it takes to win?

[Robert] Lavallee, an 18-year-old who likes his dogs with steak sauce, Dijon mustard, and relish, sprinted and stretched before devouring seven frankfurters and a big bite of his eighth to win the 10-minute competition.